Multiple parties are jockeying for position in the aftermath of France's seismic snap election. The leftist New Popular Front (NPF) insists its ideas should be implemented.

Multiple parties are jockeying for position in the aftermath of France’s seismic snap election. The leftist New Popular Front (NPF) insists its ideas should be implemented.

France’s left wing New Popular Front (NPF) - now the largest group in parliament - has called for a prime minister who will implement its ideas including a new wealth tax and petrol price controls.

The leftist alliance secured the most seats in the recent French elections but fell short of the 289 needed for a majority in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.

President Emmanuel Macron’s Together bloc came in second and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party finished third.

France’s parties are now jockeying for position and it’s unclear exactly how things will shake out, but the NPF has insisted it will implement its radical set of ideas.

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    That’s true, but taxing wealth is significantly harder than taxing income or financial transactions (including inheritances).

    • Contravariant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      Inflation is probably the easiest way to achieve that. You just have to be careful that wages rise along.

    • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      Agree, focus on those loopholes that allow folks to have, for all intents and purposes, “income” without it actually counting. If you have spending money now that you didn’t have in a spending form before that point, well that’s income and we just need to make sure we cover all those scenarios that folks have figured out to “not count”.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I imagine gross violations would be easy enough to detect - assuming it’s something you actually use, anyway. Your buried treasure might be safe.